Improvement in suspender-buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

HENRY DUBOSQ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDR-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3,559, dated April 25, 1844.

To all whom t may concern:

Be il: known that I, HENRY DUBosQ, of Philadelphia, in the county of PhiladelphiaJ and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspender Buckles and Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification` in which- Figure l is the parts connected, and Fig. 2 the parts disconnected.

The nature of my invention consists in forming an elongated piece a, on the buckle below, in which there is a vertical slot enlarged at the upper end. I also make a long eye b, similar to that commonlyaftixed to suspenderbuckles, having a similar projection to the one above described; but instead of the slot it is furnished with a stud c, projecting from it, having an enlarged head, which is put through the upper part of the slot in the projection on the buckle and drawn down, thus A fastening them together similar to a button and button-hole. To prevent its coming easily unfastened,a small projection is Vformed on each side of the'head of the stud c and on a horizontal line. Notches to correspond with the projections on the stud are made in the enlarged part of the slot at an angle therewith, so that the lower piece or eye must be turned a little when slipped up to unfasten. Another modification is to have a hook on the eye instead of a stud; (for this see Fig. 3;)

but this I deem less perfect; or the head of the stud c may be oblong. The long eye b has a double strap d pass through it for the purpose of attaching to the front suspenden buttons.

I do not claim the mode herein described of fastening the buckle and eye, nor do I claim the use of this inode of fastening in resented in the drawings by the letter a, with the clasp or hookl piece, as shown at b c, and a double strap d.

I limit myself to the above combination, whereby I get freedom of motion about the pivot c and great facility for fastening and unfastening.

HENRY DUEosQ.

Witnesses:

J. J. GREENOUGH, WM. G. ANGELL. 

